Gram panchayat · Athmallik block · Angul

Ambasaramunda gram panchayat

Ambasaramunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Athmallik block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 5,967 people in 1,286 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Athmallik assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 5,967
Literacy: 75.6%
Area: 57.5 km²
LGD code: 115583

Villages of Ambasaramunda

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Talamaliha	191	896	81.5%	5%	31%
Bhogara	170	765	61.6%	8%	40%
Ambasaramunda	136	720	85.1%	2%	80%
Bandhagaon	117	549	74.6%	27%	68%
Patharakhumpa	88	396	83.8%	0%	59%
Mahidharpur	82	386	74.7%	0%	72%
Podapadar	63	322	56.9%	31%	61%
Akharakata	79	298	86.3%	0%	11%
Hinjagola	60	270	78.9%	0%	80%
Adeswar	56	250	56.0%	0%	92%
Mamurijharana	42	226	75.3%	12%	77%
Chintamanipur	38	156	85.2%	0%	87%
Girida	36	152	51.5%	0%	75%
Rajing	29	141	89.4%	0%	94%
Bhuasuninali	34	136	87.1%	14%	60%
Siarimaliha	20	106	96.9%	0%	0%
Nabadipapur	21	84	66.7%	42%	52%
Phuluribania	16	75	83.3%	0%	71%
Janakapur	7	37	48.3%	0%	100%
Nisanipathar	1	2	50.0%	0%	100%
Barataila	0	0	–	–	–
Nua-Fulajhari	0	0	–	–	–
Nuabhogara	0	0	–	–	–
Nuagirida	0	0	–	–	–

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Ambasaramunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,967; 2,927 male · 3,040 female
Households: 1,286; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 75.6%; about the same as Athmallik block's villages (75.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,039; above Athmallik block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6: 841; 14.1% of residents
Workers: 3,362; 56.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 447 (7.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,505 (58.7%)

What the 3,362 workers did

Cultivators595 (17.7%)
Agricultural labourers948 (28.2%)
Household industry163 (4.8%)
Other work260 (7.7%)
Marginal workers1,396 (41.5%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Ambasaramunda

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 57 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 20
Middle school4 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre10 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes20 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road18 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage18 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office0 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop9 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Black Gram (20), Oil (13), Til (5), Till (1).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Athmallik block

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